parautochthonous

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parautochthonous [¦par·ə·ȯ′täk·thə·nəs]

(geology)

Pertaining to a mobilized part of an autochthonous granite moved higher in the crust or into a tectonic area of lower pressure and characterized by variable and diffuse contacts with country rocks.

(petrology)

Pertaining to a rock that is intermediate in tectonic character between autochthonous and allochthonous.

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No references found			The application of size-frequency distribution and energy flow in paleoecologic analysis: an example using parautochthonous death assemblages from a variable salinity bay. Is oyster shell a sustainable estuarine resource? by Klinck, John M. / Journal of Shellfish Research Lower Plate-Hosted Gold Mineralization: Gold mineralization hosted by autochthonous or parautochthonous Ordovician to Devonian lower plate sedimentary rocks would be similar to Jerritt Canyon and other large Carlin-type gold deposits. USA Uranium Adds Expertise and Reviews Property by Business Wire A marginal parautochthonous belt in the northwest can be readily linked with the adjacent foreland, despite the effects of Grenvillian metamorphism and polyphase deformation (Fig. PanLITHOPROBE workshop IV: IntraOrogen correlations and comparative ... by van Staal, C. / Geoscience Canada			parataxic distortion parathelioma parathene parathion parathormone Parathuramminacea parathyroid gland Parathyroid Glands Parathyroid Hormone parathyroidectomy paratill paratonic movement paratorium paratory paratrachoma paratrichosis paratroch paratroops Paratrophic Microorganisms Paratuberculosis Paratunka paratype Paratyphoid paratyphoid fever parauterine organ parautochthonous Paravane Paravani paravauxite paravirtualization parawollastonite paraxial Paraxial Rays paraxial trajectory paraxonic Paray-le-Monial Parazoa Parbig PARC Parca Parcae parcel parcel maps parcel method parcel post Parcells, Bill Parcheesi Parchment parchment paper parclose ParcPlace Systems			paratyphoid nodule paratyphoid nodule paratyphoid nodule paratypic paratypic paraumbilical vein paraumbilical vein Paraumbilical Vein Tumor Thrombosis Paraumbilical veins Paraumbilical veins Paraumbilical veins Paraunter Parauque paraurethral paraurethral d paraurethral d paraurethral d paraurethral duct paraurethral ducts of female urethra paraurethral ducts of female urethra paraurethral ducts of female urethra paraurethral ducts of male urethra paraurethral ducts of male urethra paraurethral ducts of male urethra paraurethral gland Paraurethral glands Paraurethral glands Paraurethral glands Parauricalcite parauterine organ parautochthonous paravaccinia paravaccinia virus paravaccinia virus paravaccinia virus paravaccinia virus paravaginitis Paravail Paravail paravane paravane Paravane (weapon) Paravane (weapon) paravanes paravanes Paravani Paravant Paravariceal Endoscopic Injection Sclerotherapy Paravati Paravati paravauxite paraventricular nucleus paraventricular nucleus paraventricular nucleus paraventricular nucleus paraventricular nucleus Paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus Paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus Paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus Paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus paraventricular nucleus, nucleus paraventricularis

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